The amount of carbon-14 in the atomosphere is, on an average, relatively constant.

Plants take in carbon-14 through the process of photosynthesis.

In a first-order reaction, every half-life is the same length of time. Calculate the half-life for the hydrolysis reaction under these conditions.

If a freshly prepared solution of cis-platin has a concentration of 0.053 M, what will be the concentration of cis-platin after 5 half-lives? What is the percent completion of the reaction after 5 half-lives? Given: rate constant, initial concentration, and number of half-lives Asked for: half-life, final concentrations, and percent completion Strategy: at 650°C.

In this equation, the units of measure for N and No can be in grams, atoms, or moles.

It does not matter as long as they are like measures.

Carbon dating has given archeologists a more accurate method by which they can determine the age of ancient artifacts.

Libby invented carbon dating for which he received the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1960.

But the question is, when does an atom or nucleus decide to decay? So it could either be beta decay, which would release electrons from the neutrons and turn them into protons. And normally when we have any small amount of any element, we really have huge amounts of atoms of that element. That's 6.02 times 10 to the 23rd carbon-12 atoms. This is more than we can, than my head can really grasp around how large of a number this is.

The units of measure for time are dependent upon the unit of measure for the rate constant.

The ratio of "N/N Carbon-14 is a radioisotope formed in our atmosphere by the bombardment of nitrogen-14 by cosmic rays.

It has been determined that the rate of radioactive decay is first order.

We can apply our knowledge of first order kinetics to radioactive decay to determine rate constants, original and remaining amounts of radioisotopes, half-lives of the radioisotopes, and apply this knowledge to the dating of archeological artifacts through a process known as carbon-14 dating.